Improvement in corn-planner and corn-cultivator



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NATHANBREED, OF J'EFFERSONVILL'E, INDIANA.

Letters Patent'N 98,66% dated. January 11, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-PLAN'IER AND CORN-CULTIVATOR.

The Schedule referred'to in these Letters Patent and making part of the sa-me.

- To all whom it may conce/m:

Be it known that I, N ATHAN BREED, of J etersonville, in the county of Clark, and State of Indiana,

haveinvented -a new and improved Corn-Planter and Guliiiwator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the alt to make and use 1 the same, reference heilig had to the' accompanyingr drawing, forming part of this specication, in which- Figure l is an under-side View of-rny improvedv machine.

Figure 2 is -a vertical longitudinal section of the same, taken through the line x-x, fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. I

My, invention has for` its object to improve the construction of my imprbvedeornplanter, patented April 6, 1869, and numbered 88,604, so as to make it more convenient, satisfactory, land effective in use; and It, consists in the construction and combination of various parts, as hereinafter more fully described.

v A is themain frame of the machine, which is rigidly attached to the axle B, and with which the other parts of the machine are connected'.

C are franies, made a little shorter than the main frame A, and each consisting of 4two longitudinal bars; connected to each other by short cross-hars.

The rear ends of the trames C are hinged to the frame Aby bolts passing through the longitudinal bars of the frame A, and through one or the other of the holes in the arms of the st-iirups D, the bows of which are secured to the longitudinal barsof the flames O.. y

'Ihe frames G may be hinged to the frame A by other lucana-but I prefer the manner above described, i

as allowing the frames A and G to be conveniently adjusted to work at any desired distanceiapart.

To the forward ends of the longitudinal bars of the frames C are attached stirrups E, the arms of which extend up upon each side ot' the longitudinal bars of the ame A, and have holes formed iu them to receive a bolt, F. The bolts F may be passed through the holes in the arms of the sthrups E, above the longitudinal bars of the frame A, or through said bars, V according as it is desired to have the forward .ends of the frames C loosely or rigidly-connected with the frame A.

Gare levers pivoted to supports attached to the frame A, and the forward ends ot' which are connected with the forward ends ofthe frames C by the connectingn'ods H. The rear ends ot' the levers G extend back into such a position that they can he conveniently reached and operated by the driver from his seat. v f

I are inclined bars placed beneath the forward parts vofthe longitudinal bars of the frames C, and supported by keepers, bars, or down-hangers J', to which the said bars I are adjustably secured by bolts passing through `holes in the said keepers or hars J, and through slots inthe bars AI, so `that the said barsI may have a longitudinal adjustment.

The middle parts of the keepers J should project down so much that the bars I will'not interfere wit-h the4 oscillating shaft working in the bearings C, and which is not shown in the drawing.

To the hars I are secured the cultivator-plows K, as shown in figs. 1 and 2.

This construction enables the plows `K to be adjusted laterally, according tosthe distance apart'of the rows, or so that the ground may be 'cultivated at the same time that the planting is being done.

L are the furrowing-plows, through the standards of which the seed 4is conducted to the ground, and which are hinged to theadjustable bed M.

N are the covering-plows, the standards of' which are attached to the shaft-s O, which work in bearings attached to the frames G, orin the adjustableframes l?,y which are secured to the said frames C.

To the rear part of .the plow L is pivoted the for ward end of the connecting-bar Q, the rear end oi which is pivoted to the lower end ot' the level.' R, which is pivoted to and slides laterally upon the rod S, the. ends of 'which are att-ached to the frame C.

To the lever It is also pivoted the forward end of the connecting-bar T, the rear end of which is pivoted toan arm, U, attached to the shaft O.

lhe upper ends ofthe levers It extend up into such a position that they canl be conveniently reached and operated by the driver iiom his seat, to raise the plows L and N from the ground, or to `lower them again into working position when required t V are the grooved or concaved coveringerollers, which areplaced-upon the shaft W, to which they 4are adjustably secured by set-screws, so that they may be adjusted to follow the row being planted, Vand complete the covering of the seed, or may be adjusted to the sides of said rows, as may bedesired.

The ends of theshafts W work in bearings in the brackets X, the upper ends ofthe forward arms of which arepivoted to the frame A by bolts and nuts, and the upper ends ot' the rear Varms of which are adjustably secured to the said frame A by bolts passing through the longitudinal bars ot' the said frame, and through one or the other of the holes through the said arms of the said brackets.

This enables the rollers V to be raised or lowered, as ,it is desired to have the plows work deeper or shallower in the ground.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- `ters Patent, is-

. 1. The frames C, adjustably connected to the frame A, at' their rear and forward ends respectively, by the stir-rups D and E, and their fasteningbolts, and adapted to be adjusted at their forward ends by the pivoted lever G and connecting-rod K, as herein shown y and described, for the pnrpose specified.

2'. The arrangement of the .seed-plow L, levers Q, R, '1, and U, and covering-plow N,witl1 relation to each other and the frame O, substantially as herein shown and described, for the purpose specified.

3. Connecting the forward eultivator-plows K to the frames OfhyA means of the slotted bars -I and downwardly-projecting bars or keepers J, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

' NATHAN BREED.

Witnesses:

GEORGE A. MCCoRD, CHARLES H. HALL. 

